The recent Development Review Board’s recommendation to approve the Madison & Ashland development raises a question that extends beyond one building. It raises questions about the integrity of River ...

Last week I attended my first ever village board meeting to express my support for rezoning to legalize homes. The public comment period included remarks from two renters, both of whom favor ...

Oak Park is considering a major zoning change that would allow duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in areas currently zoned for single-family homes — a decision that could permanently reshape ...

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I want to congratulate Karen Tardy on her retirement as program coordinator for the OPRF Community Foundation’s Future Philanthropists Program (FPP). Karen joined FPP as a mentor in the program’s ...

Oak Park residents concerned about the assessed values of their properties may appeal them with the Cook County Board of Review between Aug. 3 and Sept. 1. Residents should know that the Oak Park ...

I am bothered that some people have equated opposition to eliminating single-family housing to racism. If I were to use a single word to describe this complex issue it would not be race. It would be ...

Last week, the Oak Park Village Board had a choice: let residents vote directly on one of the biggest zoning changes Oak Park has considered in decades. Instead, by a vote of 5-1, that choice was ...

To me, it seems the most common sense of conclusions: if you keep dumping any single thing into a confined space, eventually you’ll create a problem. Water is necessary for the human body. But ...

Newton’s Third Law of Physics states that every force is met with an equal and opposite force. Adopting a significant zoning change is a major change for any community to absorb. All significant ...

One of my “Favorite Things” about Oak Park is discovering creative and unique places and spaces in our community. Many ...

Our village board members were elected to represent us, the citizens, in the running of our village. When they assert that referendums, whether for leaf bagging or overhauling zoning, will not be put ...